Motivational Maps Ltd has a phenomenal product in the Motivational Map. Time and again Practitioners who use it with clients get an overwhelmingly positive response. Perhaps the most common expression used is ‘uncannily accurate’. The strange paradox occurs in which the client on the one hand confirms the truth of the report and yet simultaneouslyContinue reading “Beyond motivation”
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Transforming the self
As a motivational mentor I encounter people with many issues and these always divide along the lines of the three core life elements: achievement, relationship, or self growth. Paradoxically, sometimes the more the serious the issues, the easier they are to support and help. People who are doing all the right things sometimes cannot change,Continue reading “Transforming the self”
Standard debate
A recent debate on the IOD Linkedin Forum asked whether Investors in People and ISO 9000 et al were a total waste of time and effort. Good question! Ever since the ‘Standards’ were formulated practitioners and clients have been wrestling with this problem. I cannot speak about ISO as I was never a practitioner, butContinue reading “Standard debate”
Lotus eaters and Myrmidons
A good friend of mine copied me in today on an email he had received that filled him with disgust. It was from a senior manager in the institution in which he worked – basically, informing them all that his work was done, time for new hands to steer the tiller, and he’d be offContinue reading “Lotus eaters and Myrmidons”
The nature nurture debate
A perennial and favourite discussion topic is the nature-nurture debate. Are values and morals learnt or do we inherit them? Do we instinctively know right from wrong or is this down to conditioning of childhood? A friend of mine recently had a debate with their partner and discovered they had very different views: one, thinkingContinue reading “The nature nurture debate”
Three tools for personal development
All growth and personal development begins with self-awareness: the self being aware of itself, becoming aware of dissatisfactions with its self, and projecting, therefore, changes that will enable it to ‘improve’. There are three primary tools of personal development that follow from this self-awareness. One, desire itself: seeing our own condition we desire to improve,Continue reading “Three tools for personal development”
Magic, Morag, motivation and Alex’s café
People sometimes ask me why there are 9 motivators. I usually reply that it is because 9 is a magic number. They look perplexed; so I explain further: it’s 3 times 3, you see – 3 is a magic number too. They may give up with me at that point. But I can goContinue reading “Magic, Morag, motivation and Alex’s café”
Lessons will be learnt 2
I explained to my audience very simply that if we understood the Tao Te Ching we might understand something about the universe. First, we needed to move away from fruitless speculation on the nature of God: as the first line says, The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao. What wisdomContinue reading “Lessons will be learnt 2”
Lessons will be learnt 1
The other night I did a 20 minute talk at Bournemouth University for the RSA Fellows in the area (of which I am one). This had been initiated by my friend, Tim Bullock, who has the foresight to realise that with the imminent shut-down of quango-business services there may be an opportunity for organisations likeContinue reading “Lessons will be learnt 1”
Motivating England’s sport 2
Thus, getting direction right is critical, honing skills to perfection is obligatory to be a great sports person, but I think it was Linford Christie who said that at the Olympic level the training was all much of a muchness: everyone had trained the same, more or less. So, it was mental attitude that madeContinue reading “Motivating England’s sport 2”
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